Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, however, is that the University must confront the confusing realities of national and state politics all the time. To protect its normal routines from government regulations, Harvard works through three "legislative agents"--also known as lobbyists...
...York Times obituary says Warren "directed his efforts at learning to identify and control the hazards of radiation for those who had to confront them...
...four years here, I have received positive feedback from members of the community, but more often I confront indifference, apathy or criticism...
...exhibition consists of many abstract expressionists who confront and dissect the issues of color. In two characteristic works by Franz Kline, color is reduced to the essentials, black and white. He creates a world of undefinable forms and limited space through the use of thick brushstroke and straight edges. In Composition (1952), space is sectioned off by geometric forms, creating depth and volume within a closed space. The white has traces of black to reveal the underlying layers of the painting as well as to indicate the presence of the painter himself. High Street (1950) portrays a more complicated definiton...
While the author stressed the need for a "collective political identity" for all Asian Americans in order to confront "the last vestiges of discrimination" left over from past civil rights movements, he was unable to offer any idea of what this agenda should be about. This kind of groping in the dark for reasons to "change," in my opinion, will do far more to fragment the Asian American community than to unite...